Auxiliary seat for automobiles.



W. H. DOUGLAS.

AUXILIARY SEAT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24. 1916.

1,21 1,108. Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

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WILLIAM H. DOUGLAS, OF BELLEVILLE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 HEALEY & CO.,OF

NEW YORK, N. Y.

AUXILIARY SEAT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 2, 1917.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. DOUGLAS, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Belleville, in thecounty of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new andImproved Auxiliary Seat for Automobiles, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to automobiles having, at least, one front and onerear seat, and its object is to provide a new and improved auxiliaryseat arranged to permit convenient folding, when not in use, under thefront seat, and to allow quick and safe extending for use withoutinterfering with the comfort of the persons on the rear seat of theautomobile and without interfering with the lowering of the wind shieldon the back of the front seat.

In order to accomplish the desired result,

use is made of a seat fulcrumed at its for-- ward end on a swing framepivoted on the bottom of the automobile body to swing from extended andapproximately vertical position in a forward and downward direction intofolded position on the bottom of the automobile body, the swing framehaving a supporting member adapted to beengaged by the bottom of theseat'to hold the latter in extended position,.the said swing frame andthe said seat having co-acting members adapted to engage one another onswinging the seat over into inactive position to support the seat fromthe swing frame at the time the latter is in folded position and withina recess or storage chamber formed under the front seat.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of an automobile body provided withtwo auxiliary seats in extended postion; Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectionalside elevation of the same on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a planview of a portion of one of the auxiliary seats; and Fig. 4 is a crosssection of the same on the line 44 of Fig. 2.

The automobile body 10 is provided with the usual front seat 11 and therear seat 12, and under the front seat 11 is formed a storage chamber 13for receiving the auxiliary seat 14 at the time the latter is in foldedposition and not in use. The storage chamber 13 is open at the rear end15 and has top 16 inclined downwardly and forwardly with the front end17 a distance from the front end'of the seat 11 to provide suiiicientroom 18 under the seat 11 for the storage of tools and the like. the top16 is sufliciently low down at the back 19 of the front seat 11 to allowof lowering the wind shield 20 in the said back 19 in the usual mannerwhenever it is desired to do so. The auxiliary seat 14 is provided withside arms 21 fulcrumed at 22 on the side arms 23 of swing frame 24. Theside arms 23 of the swing frame 24 are fulcrumed on pivots 25 held onangle irons 26 let into the floor 27 of the automobile body 10, the saidangle irons forming recesses 28 into which fold the side arms 23 onswinging the latter forwardly and downwardly, as indicated in dottedlines in Fig. 2. The upper swinging movement of the side arms 23 of theswing frame 24 is limited by blocks 29 extending between the angle irons26 and fastened thereto by suitable bolts or rivets 30, as indicated inthe drawings.

The side arms 21 of the auxiliary seat 14 are adapted to rest on acrossbar 31 formed integrally, connecting the free ends of the side arms23 with each other, the said cross bar 31 being located a distance fromthe pivot 22 on which the side arms 21 of the auxiliary seat are mountedto swing. By reference to Fig. 2, it will be noticed that the side arms23 have upwardly curved members 32 carrying the pivots 22 and thecrossbar 31.

The side bars 21 of the auxiliary seat 14 are provided with lugs 33adapted to engage similar lugs 34 formed on the side arms 23 to the leftof the pivots 22 so that when the auxiliary seat 14 is swung over fromthe extended position shown in Fig. 2 into a folded position, as shownin dotted lines in Fig. 2, then the lugs 33 engage the lugs 34 tosupport the auxiliary seat 14 in this folded position. By reference toFig. 2, it will be noticed that the angle irons 26 and the slots 29formed thereby extend into the rear end of the storage chamber 13 andthe side arms 23 of the swing frame 24 are of a corresponding length, sothat, when the swing frame is swung downward and forward into foldedposition with the auxiliary seat in folded position as above described,

The upper rear end of 40 I is normally closed by an apron 42 hangingdown from the back of the front seat 11.

I then the said auxiliary seat isoprojected into 7 V angular ends 32 andthe crossbar 31.

the storage chamber 13 together with-the the entire auxiliary seat withits supporting swing frame is completely out of the way and takes up noroom whateverbetween the front seat 11 and the rear'seat 12-; When it isdesired to extend and make use of the auxiliary seat 14 it is onlynecessary to take hold of the crossbar 31 and exert a pull thereon in anupward and rearward direc- 7 tion to cause the swing frame 24 to swingupward into an approximately vertical position, and when this has beendonethe seat 14 is swung upwardly and rearwardly until 7 the side arms21 of the'seat 14'rest on the iorossbar 31. 7 It will be noticed that bythe arrangement described suflicient room is had between the extendedauxiliary seat 14 and the rear seat '12 so as not to interfere with thecomfort of the persons seated on the seat automobile body.

'The auxiliary seat 14 is preferably pros vided with a lazy back 40fulcrumed at the angular ends 41 of the side arms 21- of the auxiliaryseat 14 to allow of swinging the said lazy back 40 into extendedposition, as 7 indicated in detail in 'Fig. 2, or down into foldedposition on top of the auxiliary seat 14. r The open end 15 of thestorage chamber The straight portions of'the sidearms 23 Thus of theswing frame 24 when in folded posi 7 tion between the angle irons arecoveredupby the carpet, mat, rug or other 'fioor cover a ing on thebottom of the car body and which covering also extends overthenpper'edges" V of the angle irons. 7

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent: '7

In combination, a vehiclebody havingan I auxiliary seat storage chamberunder a seat. thereof for 'rece1v1ng'*sa1d auxillary seat when not, inuse, swing frame p iyoted on.

the bottom of the vehicle and rearwardly of said chamber and includingoppositely disposed si'd'e arms,; th'e main portions of 7 which arestraight and the free ends thereof curved, the extremities of suchcurved ends h n tending upwardly, and the trans V 7 Verse bar providinga handle for swinging the said frame to a substantially vertical,position a sealt pivoted intermediate the extremities of said curved.ends. and, adapted to engage and be supported by said transverse barswhnin use, and stop. lugs carbeing connected by a transverse seatisup- Vried by said seat andcurved ends of said side arms for limiting theswinging move ment of saids'winging framewhen the seat I is adjusted'tofoldi'ng position prior to being nested in. said, storage, casing.

In testimony whereof I have signed. my name to this specification the.presence of tWO SubSb Iib iiig witnesses.

WILLIAM DOUGLAS.

Witnesses; i

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